One Piece OP-01 Romance Dawn: cards and versions

OP-01 is the One Piece booster called Romance Dawn, and the oldest on Bandai’s English product list. It came out in English on December 2, 2022 at USD $4.19 a pack, 133 days after the Japanese OP-01 of July 22, 2022. It has 121 card types in six rarities. Its card lists show 154 entries, because 33 cards also come as alt-art versions, the parallel cards of OP-01. By Rip.fan’s arithmetic, the 33 equal the 27 parallel versions in the Japanese count plus the 6 kinds of parallel card Bandai packs one to a box.

When did OP-01 come out, and what did it cost?

The Japanese pack holds 6 cards, and the Japanese set has 27 parallel versions.

For the English pack size, check the wrapper or see our guide to One Piece booster box contents.

The starter decks came out around the set. The English starter decks ST-01 to ST-04 came out on December 2 too, and Japan’s on Friday, July 8, two weeks before the booster. Our One Piece set release dates guide follows the English and Japanese dates from OP-01 onward.

How many cards are in OP-01?

The English and Japanese counts match for each of the six rarities:

The 121 are 8 Leaders, 93 Characters and 20 Events, with no Stage cards. Several later kinds of card are missing too. OP-01 has no Special cards, no Treasure Rare and no extra card after a plus sign, and all 154 entries name OP-01 as their only card set. Later sets mix in versions of cards from other products; our OP-17 guide shows how far that went. Our guide to One Piece rarities explains each rarity mark.

How is OP-01 numbered?

In color blocks, with the Leaders at the front of each. OP-01 uses four colors, red, green, blue and purple, and its dual-color Leaders pair red with green and blue with purple. Here are the blocks:

Each single color ends its block with five Events: OP01-026 to 030, 055 to 059, 086 to 090 and 115 to 119. The last two numbers sit outside the blocks, as the set’s two Secret Rares. The set features multicolor Leaders, and art from the manga, from the anime and from new illustrations. The card number entry explains how a number pins down a card.

How many alt-art versions does OP-01 have?

Thirty-three. Bandai counts types, not alternate art versions, and shows each version as an extra entry under the same number:

Every Leader, Super Rare and Secret Rare has at least one, and Shanks, OP01-120, has two. The ten Super Rares, two in red, three in green, three in blue and two in purple, are Monkey.D.Luffy (OP01-024), Roronoa Zoro (025), Kin’emon (040), Trafalgar Law (047), Eustass Kid (051), Crocodile (067), Dracule Mihawk (070), Boa Hancock (078), Kaido (094) and King (096). The lower rarities have a handful: Rares such as Sanji (OP01-013) and Nami (OP01-016), Uncommons such as Perona (OP01-077) and Commons such as Cavendish (OP01-008).

Now the arithmetic. The Japanese count is 27 parallel versions in the set, and in both languages each box gets a parallel card, one of 6 kinds. That is 33, the number of alt-art entries on each list, and 121 types plus 33 versions make the 154 entries. The match is Rip.fan’s arithmetic: neither page says the 27 and the 6 are separate groups, and neither list marks which six are the box cards, so do not assume a given version came from the box. Our parallel entry covers the term across card games.

How do you tell an alt-art from the standard print?

By the art. Our guide to One Piece rarities notes that on Bandai’s own images some early alt-arts, including OP01-013’s, show no star by the rarity mark, while a later example it names, OP04-013’s, has one. So set the card beside the standard print on Bandai’s card list before you trust a listing’s label.

Are the English and Japanese OP-01 the same set?

Yes. Both sets hold the same 121 numbers, with the same rarity and card type for each, and the same count of entries for each number, 154 in all. What differs is the packaging and timing: the release date, the price and the pack size.

One note appears only on the Japanese page. Updated July 22, 2022, it apologizes that OP-01 cards were printed with a wrong illustrator name and says no corrected card will be made. Our guide to Japanese and English One Piece cards covers how the two languages differ in later sets.

How do you check OP-01 card prices?

Rip.fan’s price pages and card price lookup cover English Pokémon cards only, so price an OP-01 card from sold listings:

1. Pin down the version. Search the number on Bandai’s card list, then match the art. OP01-120 brings up three entries, all Secret Rares of Shanks.
2. Match the language. The two lists carry the same cards, so check which language a listing is for before you compare prices.
3. Use dated sold prices. Our guides to checking a One Piece card’s value and market, listed and sold prices explain which figure to trust.
4. Check it is genuine. See spotting fake One Piece cards, and buy any booster box as sealed product with its seal intact.

If you plan to grade a card, our guide to grading Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece cards covers the graders. The trading card hub collects the rest, and the Lorcana First Chapter and Yu-Gi-Oh! Rarity Collection guides cover other card games’ landmark sets.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a separate English edition of OP-01 for Asia?

Yes. OP-01's English edition for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines came out on July 22, 2022, the same day as the Japanese set.

Which groups have the most cards in OP-01?

Land of Wano, on 28 of the 121 card numbers, then the Animal Kingdom Pirates on 24. The Straw Hat Crew and the Supernovas have 17 each, and one card can belong to two groups, as the Leader Roronoa Zoro does.

Which characters have more than one OP-01 card?

9 characters appear under two numbers: Roronoa Zoro, Trafalgar Law, Monkey.D.Luffy, Jinbe, X.Drake, Donquixote Doflamingo, Kaido, Crocodile and King. For 7 of them, one of the two cards is a Leader.

Which starter decks go with OP-01?

ST-01 Straw Hat Crew, ST-02 Worst Generation, ST-03 The Seven Warlords of the Sea and ST-04 Animal Kingdom Pirates, the first 4 One Piece starter decks.